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FX83

Socket 754
AMD Athlon

64 Processor

Based DDR MAINBOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for FX83

Page 1: ...FX83 Socket 754 AMDAthlonTM 64 Processor Based DDR MAINBOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...nual has been carefully checked for reliability however no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improvement this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The inf...

Page 3: ...eanwhile please make sure CPU and fan are securely fastened well Otherwise improper fan installation not only gets system unstable but also could damage both CPU and motherboard because insufficient thermal dissipation If you would like to know more about thermal topic please see AMD website for detailed thermal requirement through the address http www amd com WARNING ...

Page 4: ...omputer s start button Continue holding Insert until the system begins the POST Power On Self Test 3 Immediately press Del to enter the BIOS 4 Select Load Optimized Defaults to return your system to a bootable condition then select SAVE to CMOS and EXIT 5 Reboot your system Moreover if your system fails to boot up after you reset the CPU FSB select SAVE to CMOS and EXIT in the BIOS After the syste...

Page 5: ...e port with 8 pins 1394 Port one port with 6 pins respectively 1394 Port one port with 4 pins respectively VGA Port one port with 15 pins LAN Port one port wiht 8 pins Mic Out Line In Headphones Ports one port for each SPDIF_In Out one port for each DDR Memory DDR 400 128 MB 2 Power Cable Detachable and Shielded with a GND pin Monitor CRT Maximum Resolution 1280 X 1024 V 60Hz All CPUs have complet...

Page 6: ...d Ø Leave CPU fan cables minimum in length and not near CPU Ø Leave cables on panels and other spare cables tied in a computer case 5 Make sure an EMI shielding attached to a case has properly been installed 6 Make sure a 5 25 or 3 5 FDD and screws are fastened to an EMI shielding 7 Make sure a case is closely in contact with EMI connected points 8 Make sure there is no cleft in a case which is no...

Page 7: ...stallation 12 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 13 STEP 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory 13 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 14 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 15 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy and SerialATADisk Drives 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 18 STEP 9 Connect the Power Supply 20 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expan...

Page 8: ...nectors 29 Center Bass Port Connector 29 Rear Out Port Connector 29 Line Out Port Connector 29 Front Panel Connectors ATX Power On Off Switch Header PWON 30 HDD LED Header HLED 30 Green LED Power LED Header GLED PLED 31 Hardware Reset Header RST 31 Front Panel I O Connector JP3 32 Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors 33 SerialATAConnectors 33 Other Connectors ATX Powe...

Page 9: ...9 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 40 4 1 Mainboard CD Overview 40 4 2 Install Mainboard Software 40 4 2 A Install VIA 4in1 Chipset Driver 41 4 2 B Install VIA VGA Driver 41 4 2 C Install VIA LAN Driver 42 4 2 D Install Realtek Audio Driver 42 4 2 E Install VIA RAID Driver 43 4 2 F Install VIA USB 2 0 Driver 43 4 3 View the User s Manual 44 5 BIOS SETUP 45 5 1 ENTER BIOS 45 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 46 STANDARD CMOS FE...

Page 10: ...MENT SETUP 64 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 68 PC HEALTH STATUS 70 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 72 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 73 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 73 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 74 SAVE EXIT SETUP 75 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 75 ...

Page 11: ...Step by Step Page 11 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Drivers Software Utilities How to Install Page 40 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 45 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 ...

Page 12: ...inboard You will find that installing your new Shuttle FX83 mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated FX83 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to sec tions 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Drivers Software Utilities to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setu...

Page 13: ...d CD ROM with containing Ø FX83 user s manual saved in PDF format Ø Install VIA 4in1 driver Ø Install VIA VGA driver Ø Install VIA LAN driver Ø Install Realtek Audio driver Ø Install VIA RAID driver Ø Install VIA USB 2 0 driver Ø Award Flashing Utility SERIAL ATA VSO SOCKET 754 1 FAN2 1 343 33T 1 3 26F ALC65 0 M C CN13 1 1 PWR1 IDE1 IDE2 1 1 1 FDC1 A MIC A290021T L 70 0122T B3X 5A J P5 1 JP9 1 U S...

Page 14: ...z to 232MHz in the Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS setup program On Board 5 1 Channel AC97 Audio Realtek ALC650 compliant with AC 97 2 2 specifications 5 1 channel slot selectable DAC Output for multi channel applications Versatile Memory Support Two 184 pin DIMM slots to support up to 2GB of PC1600 PC2100 PC2700 or PC3200 compliant DDR SDRAM module AGP Expansion Slot Supports AGP3 0 0 8V signal...

Page 15: ...one Master and one Slave per chan nel The IDE Bus implements data transfer speeds of up to 133 100 66 33 MB sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 80 pin Cable Backward Compatible Legacy ATAPI Devices DVD ROM DVD Dual ATAPI IDE CD ROM CD R CD RW and LS 120 Supports ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply unit can connect to the onboard 20 pin Pentium 4 stan dard ATX power connectors supporti...

Page 16: ...er button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds the system enters Soft Off mode Ø Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by the activation of modem ringing Intelligent Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltage levels to ensure stable current passing through mainboard components Ø Fan Status Monit...

Page 17: ...E1 IDE2 1 1 1 FDC1 AMIC A290021 TL 70 012 2T B3X5A JP5 1 JP9 1 USB3 JP1 1 JP7 1 1 JP2 CN11 CD_IN AUX_IN FAN3 1 1 1 JP8 DIMM1 DIMM2 SATA1 JP6 1 1 USB4 BAT1 JP3 1 CN12 CH1 CH0 ATX Power Floppy Connector FDC1 Two IDE Slots Front Panel Connector JP9 SMBUS Connector JP5 USB Header USB3 Clear CMOS JP1 K8M800 Chipset VT8237 Chipset One AGP Slot One PCI Slot AUX_IN Connector CD_IN Connector IR Connector J...

Page 18: ... posi tion and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The AMD Athlon TM 64 processor requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor If heatsink fan have not been already mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan separately and have it in stalled Plug the cable throught the heatsink fan in the CPU fan power connector located nearby Note that there are several ty...

Page 19: ...board configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for opti mum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their system section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert DDR SDRAM memory module s in DIMM slot s Note that DDR SDRAM modul...

Page 20: ...each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers to Master or Slave mode depending on whether you install more than one device of each kind 2 Connect IDE cable and FDD cable on the back panel of the internal peripheral devices to the corresponding headers on board Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe usu...

Page 21: ... and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system s chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts between the board and the metal frame of the chassis If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you will need to tighten screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you will be able to f...

Page 22: ...l Switches LEDs You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originatinting from the computer s front panel devices HDD LED Power LED or Reset Switch devices etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches and LEDs connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group as shown below 1 ATX Soft Power On Off PWON 2 HDD LED HLED 3 Green LED a...

Page 23: ... 17 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy and Serial ATA Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connectors 2 Floppy cable connector 3 Serial ATA connectors IDE1 1 1 IDE2 1 FDC1 SATA 1 CH 1 CH0 ...

Page 24: ...nnect Other Internal Peripherals 1 CD IN AUX_IN headers CN11 CN12 2 Wireless keyboard and mouse header JP2 3 SMBUS connector JP5 AUX IN 1 1 CN11 CN12 CD IN Wireless KB MS JP2 JP5 SMBUS Connector JP5 SMBUS Connector ...

Page 25: ... 19 4 IR header JP6 5 EXT Print port JP7 6 SPDIF_Out IN port JP8 7 USB headers USB3 USB4 USB4 USB Header 1 USB3 1 JP6 IR Header JP8 1 SPDIF IN OUT EXT Print Port JP7 ...

Page 26: ... 20 Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connectors PWR1 CN13 Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card PWR1 CN13 ...

Page 27: ... on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 COM1 Port 2 VGA Port 3 TV OUT Connector 4 Clear CMOS Button 5 LAN Port 6 IEEE 1394a Port 7 USB 0 1 2 3 Ports 8 PS 2 Mouse Port 9 PS 2 Keyboard Port 10 Audio Center Bass Port 11 Audio Rear Out Port 12 Audio Line Out Port 2 8 6 1 7 11 10 9 3 4 5 12 ...

Page 28: ...e available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same system floppy disk Note DOS 6 2x and Windows 95A can only support up to 2 1GB of HDD partition If you use the FDISK utility with one of theoperating systems mentioned above you can only ins...

Page 29: ...rogram will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install VIA 4in1 Chipset Driver and complete it 3 Choose Install VIA VGA Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install VIA LAN Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install Realtek Audio Driver and complete it 6 Choose Install VIA RAID Driver and complete it 7 Choose Install VIA USB2 0 Driver and complete it 8 Choose View the User s M...

Page 30: ...1 on the bottom Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic mini jumpers over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainboard from its antistatic protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Carefully hold the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its components When putting the mainboard down place it o...

Page 31: ...he following list will help you to identify jumpers slots and connec tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 754 CPU Socket for AMD Athlon TM 64 754 pin processor DIMM1 2 Two184 pin DIMM Slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V DDR SDRAM The total installed memory does not exceed 2GB AGP One AGP 2X 4X 8X Slot PCI One 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot ...

Page 32: ...switch HLED IDE drive active LED GLED PLED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode System power LED RST Hardware reset switch JP3 Front Panel I O connector Internal Peripherals Connectors FDC1 Floppy disk drive interface IDE1 IDE primary interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE secondary interface Dual channel SATA1 Serial ATA connector Other Connectors PWR1 CN13 ATX ATX 12V power connectors FA...

Page 33: ...restoring origi nal factory set system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove ATX Power cable from ATX Power connector Step 3 Remove jumper cap from JP1 pins 1 2 Step 4 Place the jumper cap on JP1 pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 5 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 6 Plug ATX Power cable into ATX Power connector Step 7 Turn on the system...

Page 34: ... This mainboard can accommodate AV and S Video ports on back panel Clear CMOS Button 10 100 base T LAN Port Connector This mainboard can accommodate one device on LAN Attach a CAT 5 cable to the LAN port at the back panel of your computer IEEE 1394a Port Connector This mainboard offers one 1394a port on back panel Plug device jack into an avail able 1394a connector B1 USB Port 0 1 2 3 B5 B6 B2 B3 ...

Page 35: ...r corresponding connectors Center Bass Port Connector Center Bass is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all internal and external audio sources on the board is output It can be connected to 1 8 inch TRS stereo headphones or to bass center amplified speakers Rear Out Port Connector Stereo out of rear surround channel Line Out Port Connector Line Out is a stereo output port th...

Page 36: ...N The Power On Off Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the system ATX power supply Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2 pin PWON header on the mainboard HDD LED Connector HLED Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2 pin HLED header The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active 1 Front Panel PWONGLED PLED RST HLED JP9 1 Fron...

Page 37: ...mode Doze Standby Suspend When the system resumes to normal operation mode the Green LED will go off power LED on This Power LED will go off during power saving mode Attach a 2 pin Green LED Power LED cable to GLED PLED header Hardware Reset Connector RST Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart GLED PLED 2 4 2 4 1 Front ...

Page 38: ...ineIn_R 34 GND 37 GND 40 FrontOut_L 43 HDLED_PU 46 GLEDB 49 VCC 2 USBVCC 5 USBVCC 8 USBVCC 11 GND 14 USB5 17 TPA1 20 GND 23 GND 26 FMIC_Power 29 LineIn_L 32 Sense 1 35 LineOut_R 38 GND 41 GND 44 GLEDA 47 Reset_Sw 50 VCC 3 USBVCC 6 USBVCC 9 USB4 12 GND 15 GND 18 TPA1 21 TPB1 24 GND 27 Sense 0 30 GND 33 GND 36 FrontOut_R 39 LineOut_L 42 GND 45 HDLED 48 Power_Sw 2 1 50 49 Front Panel I O JP3 ...

Page 39: ... floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive FDD Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80 pin ATA 100 66 33 ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Serial ATA Connector The Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future enhancements to the compu...

Page 40: ...onnector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly making sure that pin 1 is properly positioned Note 2 Make sure the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI 5V standby power and at least 720mA compatible Note 4 Make sure your power supply have enough power for higher speed proce...

Page 41: ...nector CN11 Black Port CN11 Black can be used to connect a stereo audio input from CD ROM E3 Pin Assignments 1 Ground 2 CD IN Left 3 Ground 4 CD In Right Note Both cable wiring and type of plug may vary which depends on the fan maker Keep in mind that the red wire should always be con nected to the 12V header and the black wire to the ground GND header 1 1 2 4 3 CN 11 1 FAN2 FAN3 1 FAN1 1 1 CN11 C...

Page 42: ...be used to connect a stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 AUX IN Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 AUX IN Right 1 1 2 4 3 CN 12 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Connector JP2 Port JP2 can be used to connect wireless keyboard and mouse device Pin Assignments 1 KB_PWR 2 KB_PWR 3 GND 4 KEY 5 MSCLK 6 MS_CK 7 MSDATA 8 MS_DT 9 KBCLK 10 KB_CK 11 KBDATA 12 KB_DT E5 12 10 8 6 4 2 11 9 7...

Page 43: ... connection may do damage to your IR device Pin Assignments 1 P_ STB 5 PPPD3 9 PPPD7 13 P_SLCT 17 P_ SLIN 21 GND 25 GND 2 P_PPD0 6 P_PPD4 10 P_ ACK 14 P_ AFD 18 GND 22 GND 26 KEY 3 P_PPD1 4 P_PPD2 7 P_PPD5 8 P_PPD6 11 P_BUSY 12 P_PE 15 P_ ERR 16 P_ INIT 19 GND 20 GND 23 GND 24 GND JP6 IR Header EXT Print Port JP7 Parallel Port Header EXT Print Port JP7 One 26 pins port header is located at the rea...

Page 44: ...ders USB3 USB4 The headers are used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front panel or back panel But the USB cable is opptional at the time of purchase E10 USB3 Pin Assignments 1 GND 2 GND 3 USB6 4 USB6 5 VCC USB4Pin Assignments 1 GND 2 GND 3 USB7 4 USB7 5 VCC JP8 1 SPDIF IN OUT USB4 USB Header 1 USB3 1 4 3 2 1 6 5 ...

Page 45: ...tility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total sytstem memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu Don t support double sided X16 DDR DIMMs 2 Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional DDR SDRAM modules in available DIMM slots The total system memory is calculated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM slots After upgrade th...

Page 46: ...r Navigation Bar Description F Install Mainboard FX83 Software Installing VIA 4in1 VIA VGA VIA LAN Realtek Audio VIA RAID and VIA USB 2 0 drivers F Install Utility Installing Utility F Manual FX83 Series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse this CD Allows you to see contents of this CD F Quit Close this CD FX83 Software includes...

Page 47: ... and the CD AutoRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install VIA 4in1 Driver bar to install chipset driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation auto matically When the copying files is done make sure...

Page 48: ...e and the CD AutoRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Realtek Audio Driver bar to install Audio driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation auto matically When the copying files is done make ...

Page 49: ...n should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install VIA RAID Driver bar to install RAID driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation auto matically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to ta...

Page 50: ...toRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Click on the Install Acrobat Reader bar if you need to install it or click on Manual bar to view FX83 user s manual ...

Page 51: ...er On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss trains of words meationed in step2 the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET swi...

Page 52: ...es the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and opti mize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals ...

Page 53: ...aults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet users needs Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or only to Setup Sa...

Page 54: ... the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Channel 0 Master Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Channel 1 Master Slave Options are none Drive A Drive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installe...

Page 55: ...l Memory Displays the total memory available in the system Ø The choice N A IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter to auto detect HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Master Selecting manual lets you set the remaining field...

Page 56: ...tions are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual and Access mode set to CHS Cylinder Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Head Set the number of read write heads Ø Min 0 Max 255 Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sector per track ...

Page 57: ...te Protect If you want to flash BIOS you must set it Disabled Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enables and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and an alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing...

Page 58: ...power on the computer If it is set to enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled USB Flash Disk Type This item allows you to select USB Flash Disk Type Ø The choice Auto Floppy or HDD First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Ø The Choice Floppy LS120 Ha...

Page 59: ...500 750 or 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly Ø The choice System or Setup Note To disabled ...

Page 60: ...nning with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system Ø The choice Non OS2 or OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable the EPA Logo Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 61: ...ur system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes AGP P2P Bridge Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options AGP Aperture Size Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aper ture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Ho...

Page 62: ...riting to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port is executed with one wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When this item enabled reading from the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port is executed with one wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP 3 0 Calibration Cycle If you set Onboard VGA or AGP 3 0 Mode AGP Card the item is enable disable the AGP calibration cycle Ø he Cho...

Page 63: ...eiving it Ø The Choice Auto CL 2 0 CL 2 5 or CL 3 0 RAS to CAS delay tRCD This item defines the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe as both rows and columns are separately addressed shortly after DRAM is refreshed Ø The Choice Auto or 2 7 Bus Clocks Min RAS active time tRAS This precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for DRAM to accu mulate it...

Page 64: ...is executed with zero wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When this item enabled writing to the AGP bus is executed with zero wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCI1 Post Write This Item enable disable AGP post write function which means when cpu accessing the AGP data the chipset can queue the instruction when the AGP bus is busy then write the data when AG...

Page 65: ... that need to use this area of system memory ususlly dis cusses their memory requirements Ø The Choice Disabled or 15M 16M VLINK Data Rate This item allows you to set VLINK Data Rate Ø The Choice 8x or 4x Init Display First This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI slot or AGP first Ø The choice PCI Slot or AGP Onboard System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the syst...

Page 66: ...nChip SATA The chipset contains a SATA interface with support to on SATA chan nel Select Enabled to active the primary SATA interface Select Dis abled to deactivate the primary interface Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Parallel ATA Serial ATA Master Slave IDE1 Master Slave IDE2 Disable Serial ATA 1 Channel 0 Channel 1 Serial ATA 2 ...

Page 67: ...e Secondary Master Secondary Slave PIO Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device These four items let you assign which kind of PIO Programmed Input Out put is used by IDE devices Choose Auto to let the system auto detect which PIO mode is best or select a PIO mode from 0 4 Ø The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 or Mode 4 SATA Mode With both SATA H D and set On chip Serial...

Page 68: ...ed VIA 3043 Onchip LAN This item allows you to select onchip LAN Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Device whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Onchip USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB port on this mainboard Ø The Choice All Disabled All Enabled 1 2 USB Port 2 3 USB Port 1 3 USB Por...

Page 69: ...e choice Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 or Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to select IrDA infrared through COM2 port Ø The choice IrDA ASKIR or SCR UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half or full duplex function Ø The choice Full or Half Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I O address and interrupt req...

Page 70: ...suspend Ø The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Power Management Option This item allows you to decide the timing to enter suspend mode Ø The choice User Define Min Saving or Max Saving HDD Power Down When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Ø The choice Disable or 1 Min 15 Min Suspend Mode When...

Page 71: ...wn the system can be resumed by Wake UP Alarms This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power button on your system If the item is set to Instant Off then the power button causes a software power down If the item is set to Delay 4 Sec then you have to hold the power button down for 4 seconds to cause a software power down Ø The choice Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec Ru...

Page 72: ...rom LPT COM or both wakes up the system Ø The choice NONE LPT COM or LPT COM HDD FDD Select ON to have any activity from HDD or FDD wake up the system Ø The choice OFF or ON PCI Master Select ON to have any activity from the primary PCI wake up the sys tem Ø The choice OFF or ON PowerOn by PCI Card This item enables disables the power on function of PCI card Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Modem ...

Page 73: ...IRQs Interrupt Requests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When on mode exists activity will neither prevent the sys tem from going into a power m...

Page 74: ...tem Configuration Data ESCD when you exit from Setup if you have installed a new device or software and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resource controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this ...

Page 75: ...Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not If you have MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards and PCI VGA Card worked Enable this field Otherwise please Disable it Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA The item allows the user to set VGA IRQ Routing table Enabled or Disabled Ø The choice Enabled or Disable...

Page 76: ...is governed by CPU temperature setting preselected in Bios By default CPU Fan AutoGuardian feature under PC Health Status is enabled Note Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting please make sure both fan connectors are plug into the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard Our default for fan cooler is set to Fan 1 User Set CPU Fan Enabled you to choose one specific fan for furthe...

Page 77: ... the CPU fan to rotate at about 3000 RPM Please note that the higher fan speed the fan cooler will be become slightly noiseier in order to compensate for the increase in CPU temperature If you select the Safe mode the actual CPU temp stays above 60 0 C then CPU fan speed will run at a approximately 3500 RPM But when you select the Quite mode the actual CPU temp goes above the pre selected 85 0 C t...

Page 78: ... Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled CPU Clock This item allows you to adjust CPU Host Clock Min 200 Max 232 Ø Key in a DEC number Between Min and Max CPU Voltage Select This item allows you to set CPU Voltage Ø The choice Auto or 0 800V 1 700V RAM Voltage Select This item allows you to set RAM Voltage Ø The choice Auto 2 60V 2 70V or 2 80V AGP Voltage Select This item allows you to set AGP Voltage Ø...

Page 79: ... the most stable minimal performance system operations LoadOptimizedDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation LDT Voltage Select This item allows you to set LDT Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 30V 1 40V or 1 50...

Page 80: ...est you to confirm new password by asking you to key in new password again 4 Once the confirmation is completed new code takes effect No Password Setting 5 If you want to delete password just press Enter key instead of new password while password input is requested And the other procedures are the same as above password setting If You Forget Password 6 While being asked of password you just forget...

Page 81: ...next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits from the Setup...

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